Assessment

State Standards

What are your state's standards? Choose your state below. Click on the link.

At-a-Glance

Types of Tests

Assessment Articles at Education Oasis

"Assessment as a Tool for Learning" by Jill Hearne, Ph.D.

"A Beginner's Guide to Figuring Your Grades" by Scott Mandel, Ph.D.

"The Case for Authentic Assessment" by Grant Wiggins

General Assessment Resources Online

Alternative Assessments Information; links to articles.

Assessment in Mathematics Teaching List of resources.

No Child Left Behind: A Tool Kit for Teachers This 66-page booklet contains important information on the law, focusing on the teacher quality provisions and how the law supports teachers. PDF file.

PALS (Performance Assessment Links in Science) Resource bank for science assessment performance tasks.

Project-Based Learning Checklists Helps you create checklists.

Webquests: Creating a Rubric for a Given Task

Articles Concerning Assessment Online

"Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Classroom" by Craig A. Mertler. Discusses the steps involved in designing scoring rubrics as well as holistic and analytical rubrics.

"How to Turn Rubric Scores into Grades" by Cam Miller.

"Instructional Assessment Techniques" Links to 3 articles.

"Recommendations for Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics"
by Barbara M. Moskal. Discusses the four phases of the classroom assessment process-planning, gathering, interpreting and using.

"Scoring Rubrics: What, When, and How?" by Barbara M. Moskal.

"Understanding Rubrics" Concise article with rubrics.

Test Development Resources Online

Tools for Teaching: Quizzes, Tests, Exams General strategies, types of tests, and more.

Rubrics Online

Rubrics can be an extremely effective tool in evaluating a student's performance.

RubiStar A free tool to help you make quality rubrics. Highly recommended.

Ideas and Rubrics Information, rubrics, more.

Teach-Nology provides several free rubrics which you may modify.

Individual/Specific Rubrics Online

Rubics A large collection of teacher-made rubrics on a variety of subjects. Excellent resource.

Cooperative Learning Project Rubric: Process